How to Make Appetizing Gujarati Kadhi Khichdi

Gujarati Kadhi Khichdi. Pro Tip: If you have one Instant Pot, cook Kadhi on stovetop or cook it first in the Instant Pot and then cook Khichdi next.; How to make basic non-spicy khichdi: To make the basic Khichdi that is light and easy-to-digest, skip the spices and make it with just rice, mung daal, salt and turmeric. Add an extra cup of water to give it a softer consistency and serve with some ghee on top. Add the grated ginger, slit / chopped green chilli (es), curry leaves, sugar and salt.

In this recipe kadhi is little mild compare to Punjabi kadhi and taste is little sweet and color is white compare to regular yellow Punjabi Kadhi. Masala khichdi or vaghareli khichdi is a one pot rice and dal (daal) combination meal that is loaded up with some vegetables and spices. Kadhi is a hot yogurt based soup that is traditionally mixed with khichadi. You can cook Gujarati Kadhi Khichdi using 24 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Gujarati Kadhi Khichdi

1. You need of For kadhi.
2. You need 2 cups of Plain yogurt (Dahi).
3. You need 2 1/2 tsp of gram flour (Besan).
4. It's 1 tsp of Ginger paste.
5. You need 3-4 of green chilles chopped.
6. Prepare 1/4 tsp of Turmeric Powder.
7. It's 4 tsp of jaggery (Grated).
8. Prepare to Taste of Salt.
9. You need 3 cup of Water.
10. Prepare of For Tempering.
11. Prepare 3 tsp of Ghee.
12. It's 1 tsp of mustard seeds.
13. Prepare 1 tsp of cumin seeds.
14. You need 2 of dried chillies.
15. Prepare 1 inch of cinnamon stick.
16. Prepare 4 of cloves.
17. It's 1 pinch of asafoetida (Hing).
18. You need 1 tsp of fenugreek seeds.
19. It's of For moong dal khichdi.
20. You need 1 cup of green moong dal (moong dal chilka).
21. It's 1 cup of chawal (rice).
22. You need 1 tsp of Turmeric Powder.
23. It's 2 tbsp of ghee.
24. Prepare to taste of Salt.

Put these two Gujarati favorites together and you'll see what comfort food is all about. Scroll down for the detailed recipe video. It is a very light dinner. In Gujarat, almost every household makes this khichadi-kadhi at least once a week.

Gujarati Kadhi Khichdi step by step

1. Take yogurt in a pan in which you are going to make kadhi. Add besan, ginger paste, green chilies, turmeric powder, sugar, and salt..
2. Whisk it well so there are no lumps. You can use hand blender too..
3. Then add water. And mix it very well and make a lump-free batter..
4. Put it on medium heat to boil with stirring continuously. Don’t forget to stir otherwise yogurt will curdle and kadhi will overflow while cooking. When it comes to a boil lower the heat to simmer and prepare the tempering..
5. Heat the ghee or oil in a small pan. Once hot add mustard seeds and cumin seeds..
6. Then add dry red chilli, cinnamon stick, fenugreek seeds,cloves. After a few seconds, you will get a nice fragrance from whole spices. Add curry leaves and asafoetida..
7. Add this seasoning to the kadhi. Stir well. Let it simmer for another 5 minutes so raw taste and smell of besan goes away..
8. Finally, add chopped coriander leaves.
9. For moong dal khichdi...wash and soak the dal and rice together water and drain and for 15 min. keep aside.
10. Combine the dal, rice, turmeric powder, salt and 1/2 tbsp ghee. Now add water 3 cups water in a pressure cooker and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles..
11. Allow the steam about 10 min to escape before the lid..
12. Serve moong dal khichdi with ghee. and kadhi..

This combo is more famous in villages. Enjoy the Gujarati kadhi with hot bowl of khichdi. Our collection of Gujarati Dal and Kadhi has many varieties of kadhi recipes like the Bhatia Kadhi, Gujarati Suva Kadhi and Radish Koftas in Kadhi which can be relished with Gujarati Khichdis. We have our gujarati kadhi with jeera rice and veg pulao at home. It is more watery than Punjabi kadhi and I particularly like the sweet-sourness that is typical of gujarati cooking.